Example sentences of "[verb] got into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of a family where child abuse may be taking place , they will say that Satan has got into that family , and that there 's some sort of evil force at work . |
| 2 | But now , of course , Saddam has got into another mode . |
| 3 | What has got into these old faithfuls ? |
| 4 | No one really sensible would have got into such a mess in Other world — letting the panic take over and not even trying to think straight . |
| 5 | So th let's look then back at this illustration for a moment , this incident , Jesus then gets er a few of his disciples and they go out , in the boat , and there are others who follow him , they get into their boats quite likely , quite possibly that many of the others would have been followers of Jesus , some of his other disciples , it 's unlikely in these very small little er lakeside fishing boats that many of disciples would have got in , there might have been four or five of them that would have been about the lot and so the others would have got into some of the other boats which were nearby and , and others are the people that had been listening to Jesus , they too get into boats , and they pull out following him , wanting to hear if he 's got anything more to say , wanting to witness anything else that he 's gon na do , they wan na be there to see and to hear what Jesus has to say and is going to do . |
| 6 | With his keys he could have got into any part . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If he 'd stayed , it would never have got into this condition . ’ |
| 8 | right , that 's it , you 've , you 've told me this three times and I 've told you several times as well , the , the Russians put everything they 've got into military technology , just because , just because their kids are still running around |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just a practical , a practical , a practical thing , a thing of sort of , well , here we are , we 've got into this place , and we 've got a certain , a certain , a , a , a certain job to do . |
| 10 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 11 | The Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate dismissed summonses brought against a Liverpool Constable for selling tickets in an unauthorised lottery … the Constable had got into financial difficulties owing to a serious illness of his wife and the ill-health of his two children . |
| 12 | The plaintiff had got into financial difficulties . |
| 13 | Decision : the offender had a good record and a good job ; he had got into matrimonial and financial difficulties and was in debt . |
| 14 | She would like to get her own back for that row she had got into last October . |
| 15 | They were by now close together , and the devil , who had got into both of them , whispered in both their ears ; McAllister had meant to ask , Now , how did we arrive at that ? and Dr Neil , who had meant to say something provocative to her , decided to do something provocative instead . |
| 16 | On this occasion , fate in the form of Boz Buckland stepped in before Vulcan had got into full stride . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth . |
| 18 | And her mind did n't question how she had got into this situation but how she was going to get out of it . |
| 19 | They were often together trying to think how the babies had got into this state . |
| 20 | I could n't remember how we had got into this conversation . |
| 21 | It was difficult to look haughty and defiant when she knew exactly what a mess she looked and still held the memory of why she had got into this state . |
| 22 | Well my Molly has just dug a hole so deep she 's got into next door 's garden fetch the Springer Spaniel from next door and brought it home to play with . |
| 23 | ‘ Daisy 's got into some sinking mud and she 's going down fast . ’ |
| 24 | Have got into nice little routine of Life Class every Thursday night and several naughty lunches a week , now Harriet is full time at school . |